GNCS Research Project
2025 -- 2026coordinator"Quantum Subroutines for Matrix Functions and Activation Functions"
This project focuses on novel quantum subroutines for computing matrix functions and activation functions in quantum mac...
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Alessandro Berti is a postdoctoral researcher in quantum algorithms at the University of Pisa, Department of Physics. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2024) and specializes in Quantum AI, Quantum State Preparation, and Variational Quantum Circuits. He is the inventor of a patented quantum state preparation technique (IT202200024873A1), author of 12 peer-reviewed publications, developer of 8 open-source software tools, and has given 11 talks at international conferences. He holds5 certifications including IBM Qiskit credentials. He co-founded Superhero Valley (2300+ members) and co-hosts PointerPodcast (230+ episodes). This page contains his full CV including education, experience, publications, research projects, awards, patents, software, talks, certifications, teaching activities, and professional memberships. His CV is also queryable via a GraphRAG API at /api/graphrag and documented at /llms.txt.
About
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pisa with a PhD in Computer Science (2024), working at the intersection of quantum computing and artificial intelligence. Inventor of a patented quantum state preparation technique and author of 12 peer-reviewed publications in quantum algorithms.
- Co-Founder of Superhero Valley, a community helping students prepare for technical interviews at Big Tech companies (2300+ members).
- Co-Host of PointerPodcast, an Italian podcast about innovation and technology (230+ episodes).
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Research & Output
Outlier Detection and other applications of Quantum Matrix Multiplication
2025conferenceQuantum Outlier DetectionMatrix Multiplication
Quantum clustering with k-Means: A hybrid approach
2024journalQuantum ClusteringQuantum AI
Quantum Subroutine for Efficient Matrix Multiplication
2024journalMatrix MultiplicationQuantum algorithms
The role of encodings and distance metrics for the quantum nearest neighbor
2024journalQuantum AI
Quantum subroutine for variance estimation: algorithmic design and applications
2024journalQuantum AI
Variational Compression of Circuits for State Preparation
2024conferenceVariational Quantum Algorithms
XOR-AND-XOR Logic Forms for Autosymmetric Functions and Applications to Quantum Computing
2023journalBoolean Function Optimization
Quantum feature selection with variance estimation
2023conferenceQuantum algorithms
Logarithmic Quantum Forking
2023conferenceLogarithmic Quantum ForkingQuantum State Preparation
Effect of Different Encodings and Distance Functions on Quantum Instance-Based Classifiers
2022conferenceQuantum ClassificationQuantum AI
Clustering Classical Data with Quantum k-Means
2022conferenceQuantum ClusteringQuantum AI
Efficient Quantum State Preparation with Bucket Brigade QRAM
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HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing (PNRR CN 1)
2024 -- ongoingparticipantPolitecnico di Milano
Coordinated by Massimo D'Elia, this project promotes research and innovation at the national and international levels, u...
GNCS Research Project
2024 -- 2025participant"Matrix and Function Structures for Efficient Quantum Circuit Synthesis"
Coordinated by Paola Boito, this project aims to design efficient methods to synthesize quantum circuits into unitaries ...
GNCS Research Project
2023 -- 2024participant"Quantum Algorithms on Graphs"
Coordinated by Gianna Maria Del Corso, the project focuses on graph-related quantum algorithms and state-preparation tec...
SoBigData++
2020 -- 2024participantSocial Mining & Big Data Ecosystem
SoBigData++ builds a Data Infrastructure to facilitate big data research, scientific collaboration, and skill sharing.
PRA-Quantum Computing
2020 -- 2022participant"Quantum computing, technologies and applications"
Coordinated by Massimo D'Elia, the project studies quantum computing problems with potential quantum advantage, from fun...
IT202200024873A1Granted: 08/11/2024University of Pisa
Python code that evaluates the performance of the variational circuit for state-preparation compression, as presented in .
Python code implementing the quantum variance algorithm for computing the variance of a dataset .
PyPI package providing a quantum KNN algorithm based on amplitude encoding.
Python code that analyzes Grover's algorithm and the Quantum Fourier Transform performance on different quantum architectures.
Python code implementing the quantum forking technique described in .
Python code for two quantum KNN variants introduced in .
Java software for extracting and exporting interesting subgraphs for analysis .
A Gephi plugin written in Java that uses the Webgraph library to visually explore interesting subgraphs in large graphs .
Career & Education
Call for optimization protocols in open quantum systems
2024Alessandro Berti won the grant for a research fellowship in "Development of optimization protocols in open quantum systems" at the Department of Physi...
Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services Credits
2024Alessandro Berti received \$36,000 to run circuits on Rigetti's quantum hardware, namely Ankaa-2 and Ankaa-9Q-3.
Call for "Quantum Algorithms in the field of Machine Learning"
2024Alessandro Berti won the research fellowship for "Quantum Algorithms in the field of Machine Learning" at the Department of Physics.
Qiskit Fall Fest 2024
2024Alongside Giuseppe Bisicchia and Gabriele Tedeschi, Alessandro Berti was chosen by IBM Quantum to organize a quantum computing outreach event at the U...
ISCRA C Call
2023He won access to G100 and LEONARDO machines at Cineca.
Teaching H@ckathon
2023Together with Francesco Landolfi, Riccardo Massidda, and Alessandro Poggiali, Alessandro Berti won first place in the hackathon organized by the EU202...
Call for Mobility Grants for PhD students
09/2022He won a mobility grant for research abroad, used during his stay at the SQMS Center, Fermilab, in the United States.
Financial Support for Patent Filing
09/2022The Patent Technical Commission of the University of Pisa approved funding for writing and filing the Italian patent Quantum circuit for forking of a ...
Call for scientific initiatives organized by PhD students
2022Alessandro Berti, together with other PhD students, won a €4,000 grant from the University of Pisa to organize an event that fosters research developm...
Call for scientific initiatives organized by PhD students
2021Alessandro Berti, with other PhD students, received a €4,000 contribution from the University of Pisa to organize an event supporting research develop...
PhD Scholarship
09/2020PhD scholarship to attend the PhD program in Computer Science at the University of Pisa (2020/2024).
Start Up Success!
2020Alessandro Berti won the StartUpSuccess! contest led by Federmanager Toscana, intended to strengthen industry competitiveness and social well-being in...
StartCup Toscana
2019He reached fifth place in a competition rewarding top hi-tech entrepreneurial ideas from research. He and his team presented Tocket.
CyB+ Create Your Business
2019Alessandro Berti won a business ideas contest with BlockLock. BlockLock is a middleware that securely manages access in IoT. It reduces the attack sur...
New Talents for Europe
2012He took second place in a contest launched by RAI in collaboration with the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Department for Europ...
Eighth Week of Cultural and Environmental Heritage
2012He won the competition launched by Fondazione Livorno per la cultura ed il territorio intended to strengthen ties between schools and culture. Specifi...
Diverse Signs for My Environment
2011He won a competition run by the City of Piombino (LI) that encouraged citizens to care about environmental matters.
Postdoctoral Researcher
04/18/2024 -- presentDepartment of Physics
Subject Expert
09/12/2024 -- presentDepartment of Computer Science
Visiting PhD Student
08/29/2022 -- 01/26/2023SQMS Center - Fermilab
Technology Transfer Collaborator
04/24/2020 -- 09/14/2020University of Pisa — Pisa, Italy
Technical Consultant
10/13/2020 -- 10/27/2020Cinello
PhD Student
11/01/2020 -- 05/07/2024Department of Computer Science
Ph.D. in Computer Science
11/2020-05/2024University of Pisa
ExcellentPhd
Thesis: Effectiveness of Quantum Algorithms: From Compilation to Measurement
Master's Degree in Computer Science (LM-18)
09/2017-06/2020University of Pisa
110/110 cum laudeMaster
Thesis: A Fully Distributed IoT Layer using Blockchain & IPFS with Case Study and Formal Analysis
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (L-31)
09/2013-12/2017University of Pisa
100/110Bachelor
Thesis: Development of a plugin for visualization and analysis of the Bitcoin blockchain
Skills & Activities
Q-CASA 2025
06/03/2025talk, Milan, Italy
QTML 2023
11/23/2023poster, CERN, Switzerland
Programming Quantum Computers with Qiskit
03/08/2024seminarUniversity of Pisa, Italy
Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning: Quantum KNN
04/29/2022seminarUniversity of Pisa, Italy
Quantum Computing - Research Directions
06/24/2022seminarPolitecnico di Milano, Italy
Let's Entangle
03/09/2023seminarPisa, Italy
QIP 2023
05/19/2022posterGhent, Belgium
PAKDD 2022
05/19/2022conferenceChengdu, China, Virtual Event
QTML 2021
05/19/2022poster, Tokyo, Virtual Event
ESANN 2023
10/05/2023conferenceBruges, Belgium
Quantum Reservoir Computing for Gate Synthesis
10/11/2022seminarFermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
This certification acknowledges individuals with deep comprehension of fundamental quantum computing principles and the ability to implement them via ...
Qiskit Fall Fest Mentor
12/01/2024Recognition obtained for significant mentoring skills in the quantum community. As a mentor, Alessandro co-organized and guided participants during th...
Qiskit Advocate Certification
10/05/2023IBM awards this certification to those who show in-depth knowledge of Qiskit, including quantum circuits and algorithms, as well as a readiness to sha...
IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer
12/28/2019It certifies thorough knowledge of Blockchain technology, including smart contracts, ledgers, business networks, and Hyperledger Composer. It also pro...
Data Science for Business
12/28/2019This certification shows that Alessandro Berti understands data collection and diffusion in technology, along with public privacy expectations and the...
Introduction to Quantum Computing (LM-18)
02/23/2023--05/19/2023Teaching Assistant20 hours
Alessandro led the laboratory sessions, introducing the Qiskit SDK for programming quantum algorithms, Quantum Teleportation, Grover's Algorithm, the ...
Laboratory I (LM-31)
02/14/2022--05/27/2022Teaching Assistant20 hours
Alessandro supported students in Laboratory I, teaching them how to implement algorithms for trees, graphs, languages, grammars, dictionaries, and has...
Programming and Algorithms (L-31)
02/12/2021--05/15/2021Teaching Assistant20 hours
Alessandro helped students in Programming and Algorithms, introduced problems in competitive programming, and created a Discord bot. Teaching hours: 2...
QTEdu - Quantum Technology Education
2023 -- presentQTEdu assists the European Quantum Flagship in creating an educational ecosystem to inform society about quantum technologies. Funded by the European ...
Gruppo Nazionale Calcolo Scientifico (GNCS)
2022 -- presentGNCS is a group of the Italian National Institute of High Mathematics (INdAM). Alessandro is affiliated with the section on Foundations of Computer Sc...
Dissemination & Outreach
Quantum Classification
11/07/2025Pisa, Italy
F**k LinkedIn
10/04/2025Pisa, Italy
Quantum Circuits for Noobs
03/28/2023online, Italy
Italy, nFire
Piombino, Livorno, Italy
How to Program a Quantum Computer?
04/17/2023Pisa, Italy
Quantum Computing: Lov Grover
07/15/2022Casino Dei Nobili, Pisa, Italy
online, Italy
Quantum Computing for Noobs
02/02/2022online, Italy
But We Barely Get Quantum!
07/03/2021online, Italy
IAmAI - How an AI Thinks
10/29/2023Alessandro showed how to build a mini drone with Arduino and Emotiv Insight (a brainwave detection device) during Pisa's Bright Night.
Dall'Unipi a Google by Antonio Gullì - Senior Director, Office of the CTO
02/20/2023Alessandro invited Antonio Gullì, a Director at Google and University of Pisa alumnus, to speak to students about his career path.
Researcher Next Door
May 2023 -- presentAlessandro organizes weekly events that encourage knowledge exchange among different research groups and strengthen collaboration within the academic ...
Quantum Tic Tac Toe
09/24/2021Alessandro demonstrated a quantum version of Tic Tac Toe to children and adults at Bright Night.
Edvige newsletter
May 2022 -- August 2024Alessandro launched a monthly newsletter for the Department of Computer Science to raise awareness of ongoing research activities.
Diversity & Inclusion by Erika Yuag, Microsoft Director
12/07/2021Alessandro invited Erika Yaug, Director at Microsoft, who talked to students about Diversity and Inclusion.
The Master's Degree? Computer Science in Pisa!
07/15/2024Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro coordinated event promotion and handled its YouTube stream.
From Classical Computing to Quantum Computing
03/15/2024ITI Marconi, Pontedera, Italy
Alessandro presented quantum computing concepts to third-year high school students, as part of ``Incontra Informatica.''
An IT Podcast from Pisa
05/19/2023Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro spoke at ``Incontra Informatica'' for high schools, demonstrating the IT skills behind creating a podcast.
What happens at Computer Science?
05/18/2023Teatro Alfieri, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Lucca, Italy
Alessandro helped the University of Pisa's orientation day for high schools, describing the Computer Science program.
Quantum Computing: When a bit is both 0 and 1
04/28/2022Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro introduced quantum computing to high school students at ``Incontra Informatica.''
Research Activities at University
04/13/2023Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro explained what a PhD in Computer Science entails to high school students.
Orientation ICT - The PhD in Computer Science
02/07/2023Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro spoke to Bachelor's students about the PhD in Computer Science at the University of Pisa.
Quantum Computing - Where's my smartphone?
04/15/2021 and 04/16/2021Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
Alessandro provided a talk on quantum computing at ``Incontra Informatica.'' He also managed the Gather platform used for orientation events in Comput...
This article describes oracles and diffusers in quantum computing and shows how to apply them to SAT problems.
Visualizing Quantum Computation
02/14/2021This article explains the quantum K-nearest Neighbors algorithm using visual aids that clarify how superposition and entanglement guide the quantum co...
A step-by-step guide to building software for automated LinkedIn posting via the platform's API.
An article detailing how to integrate Stripe Connect with 3D Secure (SCA) in a Flutter app. It shows how to manage multi-party payments, handle commis...
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Knowledge Graph
12 Publications6 Projects17 Awards6 Experience3 Degrees1 Patents8 Software11 Talks5 Certifications3 Teaching2 Memberships
Entity Types & Relationships
PersonAUTHORED → Publication, HELD_POSITION → Position, EARNED_DEGREE → DegreePublicationBELONGS_TO_TOPIC → Topic, published in VenueResearchProjectBELONGS_TO_TOPIC → Topic, funded by funderPatentINVENTED by Person, PATENT_APPLICANT ← InstitutionSoftwareDEVELOPED by Person, IMPLEMENTS → TopicPresentationPRESENTED_AT by Person, at VenueDegreeDEGREE_FROM → InstitutionCertificationHOLDS_CERTIFICATION by PersonTopiclinks Publications, Projects, SoftwareEndpoints
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GraphRAG API
Single endpoint that queries the Neo4j knowledge graph and returns matching entities together with their N-hop graph neighbourhood. Supports both GET and POST.
GET/api/graphrag?q=quantum+state+preparation&hops=2
POST/api/graphrag{"q": "...", "hops": 1}
Parameters
qrequired — natural language queryhopsoptional, default 1, max 4 — graph traversal depthExample Queries
Response Shape
{
"query": "quantum state preparation",
"keywords": ["quantum", "state", "preparation"],
"results": [
{
"node": { "title": "...", "year": "2024", ... },
"nodeType": "Publication",
"score": 2.31,
"connections": [
{ "type": "BELONGS_TO_TOPIC",
"node": { "name": "Quantum State Preparation" },
"labels": ["Topic"] },
{ "type": "AUTHORED",
"node": { "name": "Anna Bernasconi" },
"labels": ["Person"] }
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